OBJET A
A film by Ann Oren
Ingeborg and Adam are visionary hand surgeons bound by love, control, and irresistible fixations. She is compelled to steal objects; he longs to become one. When an accident brings the enigmatic Gaia into their lives, unexpected desires begin to take shape, unsettling the careful balance that has long defined their relationship.
Status: Completed
Year: 2026
Genre: Body Pleasure Mystery
Country: Germany, Luxembourg, Greece
Language: German
Available subtitles: English
Runtime: 95 min
Original title: Objet a
Ann Oren is a Berlin based visual artist and filmmaker. By dissolving distinctions between plant, animal and human, she asks what it is to be human today, in an ecosystem immersed in digital culture. Playing with animality and unconventional desires, she employs a visceral language, drawing attention to the physicality of both performers and viewers.
She first studied Film and later received an MFA in Fine Arts, both from The School of Visual Arts, New York. Her first narrative feature film PIAFFE premiered at Locarno Film Festival’s International Competition and was presented in dozens of festivals including San Sebastián and BFI London, winning numerous awards including the Silver Hugo Award at the Chicago International Film Festival and Best Debut from The German Film Critics’ Association.
FILMOGRAPHY
2026 Objet a
2024 Pirouette (short)
2022 Piaffe
2020 Passage (short)
CAST
Aenne Schwarz
Louis Hofmann
Simone Bucio
CREW
Director: Ann Oren
Screenplay: Ann Oren, Geoffroy Grison
Cinematography: Juan Sarmiento G.
Editing: Hansjörg Weißbrich
Composer: Kyan Bayani
Sound: Persefoni Miliou, Aaron Baustert
Executive producers: Kristof Gerega, Fabian Altenried, Sophie Ahrens, Donato Rotunno, Vicky Miha
Production companies: Schuldenberg Films GmbH & Co KG
Co-production Companies: Tarantula Luxembourg, Asterisk*
2026
Locarno Film Festival | Concorso Internazionale
Sarajevo Film Festival | Kinoscope
A spellbinding tale of kink, surgery, and mushrooms is a feast for the senses.
Josh Slater Williams, IndieWire
A strange, sensual meditation on obscure objets of desire.
Guy Lodge, Variety
A stylised, impressively realised erotic adventure.
Carmen Gray, The Film Verdict
Needs to be seen to be believed.
Matthew Joseph Jenner, International Cinephile Society
It will undoubtedly leave a mark on contemporary filmmaking.
Veronica Orciari, Cineuropa
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